1972-1973 Academic Catalog

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 57 B. GENERAL BUSINESS 111 INTRODUCTION TO DATA PROCESSING-W Prerequisite: Science 120 Introduction to Computer Programming Basic principles and procedures of manual, mechanical, and electronic data processing systems. Three credit hours 211 BUSINESS STATISTICS-A An introduction to statistical methods as applied to the collection, pre· sentation, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data relevant to business operations. Five credit hours 216 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS-Sp A preparation for the skill of originating all types of business letters, re· ports, memoranda, and other media of communication. Three credit hours 311, 312 BUSINESS LAW-W, Sp A study of contracts, sales, bailments, negotiable instruments, agency, em· ployer-employee relationships, partnerships, corporations, insurance, and property. Four credit hours each quarter 314 BUSINESS FINANCE-Sp Prerequisite: Accounting 102 A survey of the financial aspects of private, profit.seeking corporation. Consideration is given to the problems of promotion, normal operation, and reorganization. Four credit hours C. ECONOMICS 131 CONSUMER ECONOMICS-Sp_ The position of the consumer in the marketplace; practices in consumer efficiency in planning, buying, using schedules, budgeting, bank accounts, charge accounts, installment buying, borrowing, saving, insurance, income tax preparation and maintenance and conservation of consumer goods will be emphasized. Special attention is given to housing, the automobile, medical and legal services, leisure pursuits, government services, and other major consumer purchases. Four credit hours 231, 232 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-W, Sp A study of fundamental economic principles as an aid in understanding our free enterprise system. An emphasis on such economic concepts as produc· tion, consumption, exchange, and price distribution. 331 MONEY AND BANKING-Sp Prerequisite: Economics 232 Five credit hourJ each quarter A study of the principles of money, credit, and banking; and the operation of the banking system. Four credit hours 332 lABOR ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS-A Prerequisite: Economics 232 The rise and growth of organized labor in the American economy. In– dustrial unrest; its causes, manifestations, economic significance, and major attempts to remedy it. Four credit hours